[dba-Tech] Telling the time

[Rocky Smolin]

We've always said 'quarter past...' and 'quarter to...'

R
 

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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Arthur Fuller
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 7:42 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Telling the time

I know this is a little OT, but given the international nature of this
group, I thought I'd pose my question here. Recently I spent a week with my
three siblings at a cottage in North Ontario. My sister Susan has lived in
Birmingham, OK, for the past 30 years. I noticed that she has retained the
habit of referring to times "the old way", as in "a quarter of seven."
Virtually everyone I know here in Canada, when asked what time it is,
replies in the digital way, as in "6:44". So I got to wondering whether my
sister is an anomaly, or maybe it's a British thing, or a European thing.

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Arthur
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